Similarities Between Anzaldua's 'Geographies Of Selves'

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I see a lot of similarities between Anzaldua’s work in Chapter 4 and some of the Dewey readings from earlier in the semester, specifically about body-mind relationship. However, Anzaldua takes it one step further, negotiating a greater relationship between bodymind and the earth, seeing it as another extension of our being, not a separate entity. The passage “Geographies of Selves” elaborates on this theory a bit more; “She feels the world gradually slip inside her… As though from a distance she, herself, closes in on her body and slips inside herself. It is she who extends in all directions, who is both inside and outside her body” (p. 68). I know this is a fairly common sentiment – being one with the earth – but her approach is especially

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